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Tuesday, December 30, 2003

And all I got for Christmas was this stupid head cold.....

I've been dodging bullets for weeks now. All of my coworkers have been sick, as has most of my family, while I have been surprisingly healthy. Not a sniffle, sneeze, or flu-like symptom in sight. I credit this early good fortune to my tea drinking addiction - tea is loaded with antioxidants in case you didn't know.

However, I couldn't dodge the bullet of a crowded movie theater over the holiday weekend. Yep - I got sick. I'm about ready to drive an ice pick through my nose just to relieve the sinus pressure.

Because I'm a sadist, I've been trying to work with this affliction. I have 30 minutes left in my shift this evening and I'm trying to resist the temptation of crawling under my desk.

Not that I had any hot plans for New's Years Eve - but this cold makes me want to crawl into a corner and whine incessantly. Have I mentioned that I'm an awful sick person?

However, there is hope on the horizon - I have both Thursday and Friday off.

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